If it’s just one large file I just play it on a podcast app (in my case Podcast Addict) and if it’s multiple I stich them together with ffmpeg before sending it to my phone.

I started with linux mint, and if I had to start again I would still go with mint as my first distro. It was just familiar enough while allowing me to figure out what was different on linux. I only switched to arch due to the quality of the wiki and the AUR (after a short trial run of manjaro).

At least it makes me feel good that I only just got a set for the first time last week and figured all those out within 5 min of actually using them.

Some countries just don’t care (even if they have laws on piracy), no vpn needed.